Survey: 47% of US Facebook users regularly get news on the platform, down from 54% in 2020; 29% of US TikTok users regularly get news from the app, up from 22%
More than half of Twitter user get news on the site regularly — To better examine the ways Americans get news in a digital age …
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@jeffjarvis
Jeff Jarvis
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I hate this poll question. I “get” news from many places: FB, Twitter, colleagues, email. The news I then go to is usually on news sites. These polls *never* define what people have in mind when they “get news.” https://twitter.com/...
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@pewresearch
@pewresearch
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Some social media sites stand out for being more “newsy” even if their total audience is relatively small. Twitter, for example, is used by 23% of U.S. adults, but more than half of those users (55%) get news on the site regularly. https://www.pewresearch.org/ ... https://twitter…
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@jbenton
Joshua Benton
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New by me —> As @Facebook tries to knock the journalism off its platform, its users are doing the same. A healthy chunk of Facebook users say they don't get much news there any more — an outcome to be both expected and desired. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
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@dahliazahava
Polemic Princess
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Boomers and Gen X are soooo stupid for getting their news from Facebook lol. Hey did you see this new amazing TikTok that tells you that blinking is a sign of trauma 😳
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@joanna_detz
Joanna Detz
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I, for one, welcome the decoupling of journalism from Facebook's trough of disinformation. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
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@pewresearch
@pewresearch
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Younger adults (ages 18-29) are far more likely to regularly get news on both Snapchat and TikTok than other age groups. https://www.pewresearch.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@pewresearch
@pewresearch
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48% of Americans say they get news from social media “often” or “sometimes,” a 5 percentage point decline compared with 2020. https://www.pewresearch.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@gottfriedjeff
Jeff Gottfried
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⚡️NEW DATA⚡️Take a look at the demographic profiles of those who regularly get news on each social media site. https://www.pewresearch.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@pewresearch
@pewresearch
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NEW: As social media and technology companies face criticism for not doing enough to stem the flow of misleading information on their platforms, a sizable portion of Americans continue to turn to these sites for news. https://www.pewresearch.org/ ...
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@pewjournalism
@pewjournalism
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🚨NEW🚨 As social media companies struggle with misinformation on their platforms, a sizable portion of Americans continue to turn to these sites for news. https://www.pewresearch.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...